- He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) before being awarded the Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2017 Queen's New Years Honours List fore his services to British music overseas. He is the Chief Conductor for the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra in Hamburg, Germany.
- Suffering from spinabifida while studying to be a doctor, he began to work as a musician at Covent Garden . He was the lifetime companion of Klaus H. Kuhlmann.
- He was rehearsing the "Accademia Carrara" in Italy when he suffered a fatal heart attack.
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